Warehouse Supervisor

Associated Wholesale Grocers; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Associated Wholesale Grocers is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to oversee daily warehouse operations, supervise staff, and ensure efficient shipping, receiving and storage for member stores. You will manage staffing, training, safety compliance, and performance evaluations within a dynamic team environment.

The role emphasizes strong communication, use of computer systems, and leadership to maintain high productivity and low costs in a retail distribution setting.

Qualifications

• Must have 1–2 years supervisory experience, preferably in a grocery warehouse.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedures.
• Strong communication and computer skills; ability to learn new technology.

Responsibilities

• Supervise warehouse employees in basic functions of housing products, selecting orders, and preparing for delivery to members.
• Oversee shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution for member stores to ensure efficiency.
• Direct the workforce to maximize efficiency and reduce operating expenses.
• Hire, train, develop, and evaluate performance of all shift employees.
• Enforce safety, sanitation, and standards of operation; conduct audits and investigations as needed.
• Plan pre-shift meetings and communicate daily goals and issues to the team.
• Ensure compliance with state, federal, and AWG safety policies and regulations.

Skills

Strong communication

Computer skills

Team leadership

Education

One to two years supervisory experience

Grocery warehouse experience

Tools

Warehouse mobile equipment

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for administration of company policies to warehouse personnel, monitoring and improving productivity, quality, maintaining cost control methods within the position area of supervision and development of personnel reporting to this position. Helps to lead and control activities of company warehouse personnel and related functions through moderate direction of shift manager. Ensures shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution activities are performed in an efficient manner. Take precautions to protect warehouse contents against loss and damage. Retains and reviews specific warehouse documents and reports to ensure established methods and procedures are followed.

Supervisory levels I, II, III will include increased levels of responsibilities within this job description, including temporary assignments to fill in for the Shift Manager.

This position supports AWG’s mission to remain firmly committed to our long-established mission statement:

“Our mission is to ensure the success of our member retailers and provide opportunities to our employees. This will be accomplished by satisfying the customers’, and our member retailers’, needs for quality supermarket merchandise and superior support services. We will do this with high quality employees whose mission is to provide the lowest possible cost of goods in order to ensure our members’ profitability, competitiveness and continued growth.”

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The individual must have the ability to perform the responsibilities listed below. The list is not all inclusive of duties that may be requested by the department head or a member of upper management but are intended for an understanding of the purpose of the position. It is the responsibility of each individual at AWG to provide ultimate customer service to our members to support their efforts in increasing same store sales and profits.

• Supervise warehouse employees in basic functions of housing products in the warehouse, selecting orders, and preparing for delivery to members in the most efficient manner.
• Responsible for the productive, timely and quality shipment and/or receiving of all products for member stores.
• Increase production and effectively utilize the work force to maximize efficiency and reduce warehouse operating expenses.
• Direct the placement of the workforce responding to the changing needs during the shift.
• Hire, train, develop, recognize, and evaluate the performance of all employees on the shift.
• Provide an atmosphere of open and honest communications and a positive working environment.
• Enforcement and education of company safety, sanitation, security and standards of operation.
• Responsible for reducing safety risks and minimizing exposure by working with the team to ensure all safety policies and practices are followed. Conduct audits, train employees, make inspections and observations, praise and acknowledge good safe practices, manage work related injuries to minimize loss and conduct complete accident investigations on all incidents.
• Administer disciplinary action per divisional policies and procedures.
• Oversee the resolution of employee complaints or grievances to facilitate a proper resolution.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings with the team to communicate daily goals, member needs, safety issues and problem areas that need to be addressed.
• Communicate to the Warehouse Manager problem areas, improvements, etc., regarding the warehouse center’s operation.
• Responsible for seeing that state, federal and AWG safety, sanitation, and governmental policies, laws and regulations are maintained and adhered to.
• Work as a member of the AWG team so the total job responsibilities are met. Actions must always stress a sense of cooperation, integrity, tact and consideration with our members, associates and division management.
• This position requires strong communication and computer skills with the ability to use and learn new technology.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. A reasonable accommodation may be considered according to the ADA if it would not impose an undue hardship on the operations of the business without significant difficulty or expense. The reasonable accommodation would permit a qualified employee the ability to perform all essential functions of the job within the safety and contractual guidelines of the position.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

One to two years supervisory experience and/or experience working in a grocery warehouse environment; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Warehouse mobile equipment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the job duties, the employee is occasionally or frequently exposed to extreme cold in the coolers or freezer and works with and around a variety of warehouse mobile equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to occasionally loud. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.

This position's basic purpose is to use all available resources to assist the Warehouse to continuous growth and financial success.